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Show !l WHY BULGARIA SIDES WITH THE JAPANESE j - ST. LOUIS. March C "Although the j people of Bulgaria are grateful to Rus- I sin, for Uia service of a quarter of a century ago, the general sentiment concerning tho present war in the far East Is in favor of Japan," said P. M. Mattheeff, the Bulgarian commissioner-general commissioner-general to tho World's fair, who has . arrived here. Commissionc-r Mattheeff left Sophia about three weeks ago, and, i having been Minister to Turkey for many years, is well informed on subjects sub-jects relating to the attitude of the peo- 1 Pie of the Balkans toward Russia, i "As a result of the Turkish-Russian 6 war twenty-five years ago, Bulgaria is now an independent government," he said. "It is true that wo could never have overthrown the rule of the Sul- ' tan had it not been for the support of the Czar. Still Russia's attitude toward ' us since that time has been such that , we have to light continually against be ing absorbed. I ; "The same feeling which causes Bul- Jr garia to fear Russia causes them to Vfcsympathlze with Japan, although the people of Bulgaria know the Czar is pursuing the same policy in the Orient ,'t VWlie Is- pursuing In tho Balkans, and f in any event it is evident that Russia la trying to absorb the territory of a weaker nation. Japanese victories are ' received exultantly In Sophia." |